Corporate Hackathons

[The following is a guest post from AngelHack’s own Erica Huston, who traveled all the way to São Paulo for the hackathon.]

You guys aren’t gonna make this easy, are you? One thing that’s becoming pretty obvious from the four MasterCard Masters of Code events held so far: everyone is bringing their A-game to these sold-out events.

Wow. A packed house, attendees coming from as far as Macedonia, Thailand and Indonesia, all to compete in MasterCard’s Masters of Code. The talent amongst the 30 teams competing at 237.io was mind-blowing. And with any competition, comes a winner.

You know what they say – money is honey. And at the Money 20/20 Hackathon in Las Vegas, there was so much of it going around, it drew developers from all over the world to the Aria Hotel over Halloween weekend, where they got to help build the future of that cash money. Check it out!

On a chilly, Saturday morning in San Francisco, the fog was just starting to clear, when the bus pulled up to PubNub’s downtown office. University students from Stanford, Berkeley, and Santa Clara filtered out of the bus and into the office, where they’d hack away for the next 24 hours, resolute and determined to win it all. The Accenture Hackathon Games were about to begin, and their schools’ very reputation was at stake.

So who won big? Who got their hands on the awesome prizes? Which school earned eternal bragging rights? We’ve got all your answer’s here, devs’!

On November 22nd – 23rd, 2014 London developers will get a chance to work side by side with the talented developers of Condé Nast International and possibly get to see their prototype in action. AngelHack is inviting the best of the best hackers to take part in the Condé Nast International hackathon. You know who you are: you’ve got the technical skills, the design aesthetic, and you aren’t afraid to push the limits.

San Franciscans love small business! We stand in line for hours on end to eat brunch at our favorite restaurants or get ice cream at Bi-Rite. We shop at Rainbow Grocery and weekly farmer’s markets for those nights we do stay in. We get our books from indie booksellers, our cake from local bakeries, and our beer from local breweries. We support local businesses by giving them a lot of our money.

On October 18th -19th at PubNub’s San Francisco office, college students from three Bay Area universities will compete in the Accenture Hackathon Games. What’s at stake? Prizes include Oculus Rifts, acceptance into AngelHack’s prestigious HACKcelerator program, and of course, serious bragging rights for your school!

Sure, everyone knows that money makes the world go round. But when you think about it, while it may be the biggest industry in the world it’s been running things pretty much the same way since Columbus got a loan for that boat ride of...